12 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Mr. Lewis of the Committee on Agricultural College then read the 

 following report of the committee, and, on motion duly made and car- 

 ried, the report was accepted and ordered printed : 



Report of Committee on Agricultural College. 



The special committee of the Board provided for by the laws of Mis- 

 souri have made a careful investigation of the progress and needs of this 

 Institution and submit the following report: 



Your committee has found all the affairs of the College of Agriculture 

 and Experiment Station in most excellent condition. There has been a very 

 large increase in the enrollment of students in all departments of the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. The enrollment in the College of Agriculture during 

 the current session to date has reached 652. This is an increase of over 

 25 per cent in the enrollment of students over last year. This very large 

 increase in the enrollment has taxed the facilities of the college laboratories, 

 class rooms and equipment to the utmost. The facilities for instruction in 

 such practical subjects as live stock judging and dairying husbandry have 

 already been overtaxed, and a few students have been unable to secure in- 

 struction in these subjects because of lack of equipment. This is a situa- 

 tion which the Legislature of the State should correct immediately. 



The instruction and investigation carried on in the College of Agri- 

 culture is fundamentally important to the future growth and progress of 

 Missouri, and the State cannot afford to deny instruction to all young men 

 applying for admission to the College of Agriculture. 



A record of the work of the College of Agriculture during the past year 

 shows that the institution is becoming more and more valuable to the farmers 

 of the State. In no previous year has the College undertaken so much co- 

 operative instructional and investigational work directly with the farmers in 

 the various sections of Missouri. 



The College of Agriculture during the past year has achieved a notable 

 victory by winning the live stock judging contest at the International Live 

 Stock Show at Chicago. In this contest nine institutions competed. Mis- 

 souri not only won by a margin of 250 points, but also had the unusual dis- 

 tinction of having the four highest men in the contest. 



We also commend the work of the College of Agriculture in developing 

 the champion dairy cow of the world. The record of Missouri Chief Jose- 

 phine, owned and developed by the Department of Dairy Husbandry, has 

 been of great value in developing confidence in the m-inds of the farmers 

 of Missouri in the practical character of the instruction of the College. 



Men from the College of Agriculture have delivered 460 public addresses- 

 in almost every section of the State. More than 500,000 people attended the 

 meetings addressed by the men from the College of Agriculture. In eleven 

 days' time five men from the College of Agriculture talked to 28,000 people 

 from special trains provided by the Frisco, Burlington and Sante Fe railroads. 



Two niglit schools of Agriculture were held — one in St. Louis, the other 

 in Kansas City. More than 2,500 people were enrolled for regular instruction 

 in these tv/o schools. 



Expert judges from the Department of Animal Husbandry were sent to 

 42 county fairs in Missouri during the season of 1910. Requests for expert 

 judges from the College of Agriculture were received from over 50 county 

 fair associations in Missouri. This work is particularly useful in standard- 

 izing the live stock types of the State and in demonstrating the efficiency of 



